Admiral of Hogwarts

Both the Harry Potter novels and the movies give people the impression that Fudge is a jealous bastard who can do nothing but do bad things.

But in fact, Fudge, who was able to serve as the Minister of Magic for more than ten years in a place like the Ministry of Magic, and who took office in the chaotic era after the end of the First Wizarding War, also had two skills.

For example, he knew very well that as an ordinary wizard born into a pure-blood family, he could not actually control the Ministry of Magic, so he simply turned to those pure-blood wizards.

But turning to a pure-blood wizard does not mean becoming a puppet of a pure-blood wizard, with a certain degree of acquiescence from the pure-blood wizard. He also organized a group of his own best friends in the Ministry of Magic.

Of course, Fudge knew that he could not get involved in core positions such as the Legal Enforcement Department or the Magical Accidents and Disasters Department, so he simply chose these positions that usually did not attract much attention, but could play a key role in important situations.

However, this organizational method is not without its disadvantages. For example, the majority of this group of people are loyal to the position of Minister of Magic, and all of them have interests first.

Therefore, for Fudge, he needs to constantly provide various benefits to this group of subordinates to drive them, otherwise the subordinates may run away at any time.

To give the simplest example, an important reason for this attack on Hogwarts, besides suppressing Dumbledore, is to open up the situation at Hogwarts and create opportunities for Fudge's followers. Find a good location.

Under normal circumstances, Hogwarts needs to decide which stores to open in Hogsmeade Village under Hogwarts Mountain. After all, what stores to open around the school need to be screened, and it is impossible to open any store they want. What.

And if Fudge can gradually wrest power from Dumbledore, then this kind of licensing alone can make Fudge and his subordinates make a lot of money.

For this reason, Hugo did not ask the ship girls to find a way to kill Umbridge. Compared to Fudge, who had his own little calculations, the group of purebloods as a whole had a negative impact on the school, especially the hemp wizards in the school. The damage may be greater.

But no matter what, the current approach of the Ministry of Magic has seriously affected the atmosphere inside Hogwarts. Fortunately, one month after the start of school, the first Hogsmeade Day of this semester has arrived.

"I heard that Harry wanted to set up a Defense Against the Dark Arts study group and extracurricular group at Ginny's suggestion. Ginny and Ron have been helping them recruit people these days. Unfortunately, we already have our own things to do, so we can only Decline," Hermione said to Hugo over breakfast on Hogsmeade day.

"Actually, no one in Ravenclaw is going to participate this time." Hugo said after swallowing the bacon in his mouth. "Because everyone thinks that joining one of these after-school groups is enough, and they trust their own people more than Gryffindor."

Different from the original article, although Harry also participated in the Triwizard Tournament before, he was far less outstanding than Veneto in the competition, so for Ravenclaw students, they are more willing to trust their classmates.

After such a change, Hugo was a little curious about how things would develop next, because the DA in the original article was only caught after Marietta reported it, and now Marietta obviously will not join the DA.

"I hope Harry and his friends will go well over there!" After passing Filch's inspection and coming to the cold and sunny outdoors, Hermione said to Hugo and Veneto beside her.

"I think what Harry and the others are doing is indeed a bit dangerous." Hugo shook his head. "There are quite a few people who are willing to believe in Dumbledore this year. With Harry's status, he should be able to recruit a lot of people."

"But I'm a little worried about what Umbridge will do after knowing about this kind of thing. After all, Umbridge came to the school to suppress Dumbledore, and now Harry's behavior is obviously to go against her."

In fact, Hugo has always felt that the organization created by Harry is quite dangerous, because they are obviously doing a very risky thing, but they are as loose internally as a weekend beer club.

Therefore, it is a high probability that problems will arise when faced with the strong suppression of the Ministry of Magic represented by Umbridge. However, it is hard to say whether it is an insider who turned the whistle or was directly discovered by Umbridge.

"Okay, don't think about that anymore. Being a prefect in the O.W.Ls year is tiring enough in itself, not to mention there are so many things to worry about. Let's just have a good rest today." After saying that, Hermione stopped him. Veneto's hand walked towards Hogsmeade.

"That's right, today is a day off, I don't need to think so much." Looking at the two girls running forward hand in hand, Hugo was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a smile, and quickly followed. Go up.

They walked down the road, past Zuko's Joke Shop, where, as expected, they saw Fred, George, and Lee Jordan, and past the post office, from which owls flew out every once in a while.

When they arrived at the door of the Three Broomsticks pub, they happened to see Sirius and Mr. Weasley walking into the Three Broomsticks pub together.

"Good morning, you must have been here for Hogsmeade today." After seeing Hugo and the others, Sirius immediately stepped forward to say hello, and then lowered his voice. "Also, thank you for helping Hagrid."

"It's nothing, it's just a piece of cake for us." After walking into the bar and finding a seat to sit down, the Hugo siblings went to buy drinks with Mr. Weasley, while Veneto sat there with the little one. Sirius struck up a conversation.

"By the way, we just transported Hagrid to southwest England and left him there. How is he doing now? Has he arrived home?"

He is currently staying in a forest near Oxford that belongs to my family. Because he brought his younger brother back, everyone is now trying to find a way to arrange for his younger brother. "Speaking of this, Sirius frowned.

Just like in the original article, Hagrid took his younger brother on a trip purely to decide first and later, but this time before he arrived at Hogwarts, the ship girls had already informed the Order of the Phoenix of the specific situation.

For the Order of the Phoenix, even one giant who is not on Voldemort's side is naturally valuable, not to mention that he is Hagrid's younger brother, so it is naturally impossible to kill this giant.

But as a result, settling this giant has become a big problem. Therefore, recently the Order of the Phoenix has been thinking about a good place to house this giant for a long time.

After all, the exile of giants was an order from the Ministry of Magic. Any giant who set foot on the British Isles without permission from the Ministry of Magic would be forcibly expelled, and giants from certain tribes would even be executed directly.

Unfortunately, the tribe that Hagrid's mother belongs to is on the must-kill list of the Ministry of Magic. Although members like Hagrid's brother who have never had blood on their hands are usually just deported by the Ministry of Magic, but the situation is different now. That’s great to say.

You know, at this time, there was a lot of conflict between the British Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix, and wizards never regarded other creatures as equal members of themselves, so it was very difficult for the Ministry of Magic to directly kill giants to establish their prestige. possible.

So now the Order of the Phoenix has to find a way to try to settle the giant without being discovered by the Ministry of Magic and Voldemort's lackeys.